EPIC Learning Victoria

Our Annual Silent Auction is over 30% funded!

https://www.32auctions.com/Epic2026

Thank you for your continued support in EPIC’s biggest fundraiser of the year! With just a few days left, it's time to place your bids! Deadline is May 31st at 10pm.

Our Annual Silent Auction is now LIVE!

Please support EPIC in our biggest fundraiser of the year by bidding on some incredible items from local businesses. From music festival tickets to spin classes, art workshops to bouldering passes, plus RMT massage, house cleaning services, artisanal ice cream and coffee and entry to the aquarium, rec centres, mini golf, museums, and gardens, there is something for everyone! Proceeds will support our bursary program and programming opportunities.

Help us make this a success and spread the word! What are you going to bid on?

https://www.32auctions.com/Epic2026

Thank you to our amazing donors: Cascadia Concerts, Sea Cider Farm & Cider House, THE ROOT CELLAR | village green grocer, Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea, Western Educational Adventures, The Gardens at HCP, BoulderHouse Climbing, Discovery Coffee, Salt Spring Coffee, Fernwood Coffee Company, 4Cats Arts Studio, Hullabaloo Coffee & Ice Cream, British Columbia Aviation Museum, The Butchart Gardens, Esquimalt Parks & Recreation, Victoria Butterfly Gardens, Island View Farm & Mini Golf, Spinco Vancouver Island, Therm Kids, TK Clothing, Cold Comfort Ice Cream, and Working Culture Bread!

Come join us outside this summer! ☀️

Thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs program, we are offering seven weeks of day camps from July 13th to August 27th.

Camp runs Monday to Thursday, from 9:00am – 3:00pm at various outdoor locations in Victoria and Saanich.

For more information and to register, please head to our website!

https://www.epiclearningcommunity.ca/join-us/day-summer-camps/

We love springtime at EPIC! These warmer days are filled with admiring wildflowers, making maple blossom fritters, exploring new life in the meadows and wetlands, and updating nature journals with all our spring findings 🌱

With spring almost here, EPIC's Farm Program is ready to get our hands back in the soil. Join us for an 8-week outdoor learning experience on a beautiful 20-acre farm in Central Saanich. As the season begins, youth will take part in planting and planning for the months ahead, while learning hands-on skills like livestock care, carpentry, and irrigation. Participants will play an active role in the day-to-day life of a working farm while building connections with each other and the land.

Dates: Mondays, April 13 to June 8 (with no session on May 18th)
Ages: 12 - 16
Time: 9:30am - 2:30pm
Cost: $360/8 sessions

Please message us or email Erica at [email protected] to register.

Would your little one want to try out EPIC for a day? Come hang out with us! 🌱

Are you interested in EPIC? Could our program be a good fit for your family?

We are hosting an Information Session for families interested in joining EPIC for the 2026/27 learning year!

At the Zoom session, you will have a chance to learn more about the program, meet our Program Manager and members of the Board, and find out next steps for registration.

Please join us on Wednesday, January 21st at 7:30pm.

To register, message us on Facebook or send an email [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you soon! 🌱

Fall has been keeping us curious in the best ways — spotting mushrooms, pressing apples, watching salmon make their journey upstream, and crunching our way through endless leaves 🍂🍎

Are you passionate about education, community, and caring for the natural world? Do you believe that learning should nourish a child’s connection to people and place?

EPIC is a learning community born from a shared dream to reimagine what education can be — rooted in nature, relationships, and social consciousness. Since launching in 2019, we’ve grown into a thriving community of families and individuals committed to creating a different path for learning – one that is inclusive, connection-based, and ecologically grounded.

We are currently seeking new board members who are passionate about our mission and ready to contribute their skills, time, and perspective to support our growth.

We are especially looking for individuals who are:

🌱 Inspired by—or experienced in—nature-based education
🌱 Committed to equity, inclusion, and community-building
🌱 Energized to help guide and grow a small non-profit
🌱 Ready to bring their unique voice, experience, and heart to the table

If this sounds like you—or someone you know—we’d love to connect.

Email [email protected] to learn more!

This week, we went on out first field trip—to Island View Beach! 🌊

We explored the trails, built forts out of driftwood, searched for crabs (big and small!), and even tried our hand at wet-felting stones. It was great to spend the day in a new environment, with both cohorts learning, exploring, and playing together.

A lovely reminder that wherever we go, curiosity and connection come along too. 🦀